Poltergeist suspected of ransacking house 'turned out to be woman on meth rampage'

Police were called to the property in Seattle, US, after it was ransacked in a most unusual way

'Meth rampage': A poltergeist was not responsible for ransacking the home in Seattle, US (Photo: Rex)

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A poltergeist was suspected of wrecking a house - until cops discovered it was in fact a young woman on a "meth rampage".

Police in Seattle, US, were called after a couple returning to their home in the city's University District found it had been ransacked in a most unusual way.

A police spokesman said: "Someone, or something had torn open their mail, spread clothing throughout the house, smeared lotion on a door handle, removed the inner soles from all of their shoes, screwed a single screw into a piece of scrap wood - which had been crammed into the space between a door and its frame - and placed an upside-down can of paint on top of their toilet.

"A purse, containing a 27-year-old woman's ID card, had also been placed on top of the couple's bed."

The cops who responded to the call searched the property for signs of a break-in, but found nothing.

The house was dusted for fingerprints but this yielded no clues.

As nothing had been taken other than $50 in cash, officers left and the couple headed to bed.

However, a short while later, they called the police again after "they had begun hearing noises coming from under their bed".

Officers rushed back to the scene just in time to see a 27-year-old woman leaving the couple's bedroom.

The woman, who police said was the owner of the purse and ID left on the couple's bed, appeared to be having a panic attack.

She was treated by medics at the scene and later told police she has been on a "meth rampage" for several days - and that she had also broken into another home nearby earlier that evening.

Police added: "Officers spirited the woman away to King County Jail and booked her for Investigation of Burglary."